The American Prison System Developed in Response to the Arbitrary

question 25

True/False

The American prison system developed in response to the arbitrary and cruel corporal punishments that were inflicted on offenders in previous eras in the hope that they would deter others from crime.

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Definitions:

Rorschach Response

An individual's interpretations or reactions to ambiguous stimuli, specifically inkblots, used in psychological testing to reveal aspects of their personality or emotional functioning.

Axes

Tools with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, or as weapons; in other contexts, refers to a reference line in graphs or coordinates in geometry.

Physical Disorders

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DSM-IV

The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a classification system for psychiatric diagnoses published by the American Psychiatric Association.